Sarah Palmer — an executive assistant from Monterey, California
Francis Englert — a line cook from Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Lloyd Sy — a graduate student in literature originally from Rockford, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,490)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd | $4,400 | $6,200 | $20,200 |
$29,088
2-day champion: $53,578 |
$17,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Francis | $3,000 | $6,200 | $14,200 |
$8,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
21 R, 2 W |
| Sarah | $1,000 | $2,200 | $8,200 |
$5,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| ON YOUR STATE'S LEFT | BUY, & LARGE | SURNAMES | THE ACTORS IN THAT MOVIE | START "OFF" | WRITE FOOT |
|
$200
[30]
If you're near the border in Terre Haute, Indiana & want to go west, young man, you head directly into this state
Illinois
Lloyd
|
$200
[29]
This company has lived up to its name with purchases of Fleet Boston, Merrill Lynch & U.S. Trust Corporation
Bank of America
Lloyd
|
$200
[28]
This name meaning a grinder of grain is among the USA's 10 most popular surnames
Miller
Lloyd
|
$200
[24]
2018:Hey, Emily Blunt & John Krasinski! Keep it down!
A Quiet Place
Francis
|
$200
[20]
Itmeans very much not taking the beaten path
off-road
Lloyd
|
$200
[27]
Beginning readers may learn about trick feet & sick feet in "The Foot Book" by this author whose real name was Theodor Geisel
Dr. Seuss
Lloyd
|
|
$400
[25]
The Maine way to the left is into this state; head to the right & you've left the country
New Hampshire
Lloyd
|
$400
[26]
This ketchup brand was able to catch up with $23 billion when it was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 2013
Heinz
Lloyd
|
$400
[21]
Of surnames that are colors, this one is the most prevalent in the United States
Brown
Francis
|
$400
[5]
1993: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell & a cameo by Scooter as the creature mentioned in the title
Groundhog Day
Francis
|
$400
[19]
This 7-letter word for a type of extemporaneous remark ends with a body part
offhand
Francis
|
$400
[23]
In this Grimm tale, one sister cuts off a toe to fit into a golden shoe; the other, part of her heel; the title girl, a perfect fit!
Cinderella
Sarah
|
|
$600
[16]
Geographically, this state borders Alabama on the left, but both look up to Tennessee
Mississippi
Francis
|
$600
[7]
In 2014 $130 billion changed hands as Vodafone was bought out of this other "V" company's wireless biz
Verizon
Lloyd
|
$600
[15]
Of Indian descent, golfer Vijay has this last name derived from the Sanskrit word for "lion"
Singh
Lloyd
|
$600
[4]
1997:Travolta / Cage, as only Travolta / Cage could do it
Face/Off
Sarah
|
$600
[14]
This avant-garde double-talk New York theater movement is 2 steps away from the mainstream
Off-Off-Broadway
Lloyd
|
$600
[22]
After landing in Oz, Dorothy is dismayed to see this woman's lifeless feet "shod in silver shoes with pointed toes"
the Wicked Witch of the East
Francis
|
|
$800
[8]
It's to the left for a majority of Wisconsin, as it stands atop Iowa
Minnesota
Lloyd
|
$800
[6]
In 2022 this software giant said it was making a macropayment of $68.7 billion to purchase Activision/Blizzard
Microsoft
Francis
|
$800
[11]
Meaning "mower of grass or hay", it was the last name of puritan ministers Increase & Cotton
Mather
Lloyd
|
$800
[2]
2019:Drivervs.Johansson
A Marriage Story
Sarah
|
$800
[13]
Who knows that this is the job of someone conducting a wedding? I do!
officiant
Francis
|
$800
[17]
In Fulgentius' "Mythologies", the goddess Thetis douses this babe in the River Styx, "his heel alone she did not dip"
Achilles
Sarah
|
|
$1,000
[9]
It's the leftward neighbor of North Dakota, & there's plenty of room left for you if you'd like to move there
Montana
Sarah
|
$1,000
[1]
In 2022 this mega-grocer of Ohio was set to merge with another giant among supermarkets: Albertsons
Kroger's
Francis
|
DD
$2,400
[10]
This 7-letter German surname is the equivalent of blacksmith or metalworker
Schmidt
Sarah
|
$1,000
[3]
2008:Colin Farrell & Brendan Gleesonvisit Belgium, &reunitein 2022 for "The Banshees of Inisherin"
In Bruges
Lloyd
|
$1,000
[12]
What we somewhat euphemistically call variety meats, the British call this unpleasant-sounding word
offal
Sarah
|
$1,000
[18]
Artist Christy Brown wrote in this autobiography that he was "living in chains" battling cerebral palsy
My Left Foot
Francis
|
| TRANSPORTATION | THE NATIONAL PAST TIME | TV THEME SONGS | THE SILENT TYPE | JUST A LITTLE NUCLEAR PHYSICS | OH MY GODS! |
|
$400
[25]
Forward of the propeller on a submarine, these flat, hinged vertical plates are used to steer the vessel
rudders
Francis
|
$400
[30]
Before wacky wildlife made it famous, this archipelago belonging to Ecuador was largely a pirate hideout
the Galápagos
Francis
|
$400
[26]
"It's like you're always stuck in second gear"
Friends
Lloyd
|
$400
[28]
To remain silent is to "keep" this palindromic word
mum
Francis
|
$400
[29]
In 1920 Arthur Eddington correctly predicted that the stars were powered by this then-unknown process
nuclear fusion
Sarah
|
$400
[21]
This grain is part of the kanji that makes up the name of Inari, a Japanese god of that grain often portrayed as a bearded old man
rice
Francis
|
|
$800
[24]
This company's 707 flew in commercial service from 1958 to the 2010s & the Air Force still flies planes based on its design
Boeing
Sarah
|
$800
[23]
This adjective precedes "Free State" in the name of a polity formed in the 1920s with Tim Healy as governor-general
Irish
Lloyd
|
$800
[8]
"It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights"
The Muppet Show
Francis
|
$800
[10]
This name of a Disney dwarf means shy
Bashful
Francis
|
$800
[27]
This particle has a mass slightly greater than the proton but no electric charge
neutron
Francis
|
$800
[3]
The Konark Sun Templeis a representation of one of these vehicles, driven by the Hindu god Surya
a chariot
Lloyd
|
|
$1,200
[15]
100 years ago in 1923, Warren Hardingdrovea spike to complete the railroad named for this state, today with majesticbridges
Alaska
|
$1,600
[14]
This country's first empire lasted from 1822 to 1823, with Agustin de Iturbide as emperor
Mexico
Lloyd
|
$1,200
[6]
"California here we come, right back where we started from"
The O.C.
Lloyd
|
$1,200
[11]
The swans seenhereare this 4-letter type; despite the designation, they can be heard
mute
Lloyd
Francis
|
$1,200
[20]
The hazardous ultra-high-energy rays known by this Greek letter are photons emitted by a decaying nucleus
gamma rays
Sarah
|
$1,600
[2]
A magnificent jadeheadunearthed in 1968 in Belize, is of Kinich Ahau, the sun god of these people
the Mayans
Francis
Sarah
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Coach USA's bus service from O'Hare to Mitchell Airport in this city is 70 miles straight up I-94, but it's still called a shuttle
Milwaukee
Lloyd
|
$2,000
[22]
In April 1940 Norway's king & prime minister left Oslo & this leader of the Norwegian Nazis formed his own government
Quisling
Francis
|
$1,600
[5]
"You woke up this morning, got yourself a gun"
The Sopranos
Francis
|
$1,600
[12]
This adjective describing one who uses a bare minimum of words derives from the region where ancient Sparta was
laconic
Francis
|
$1,600
[19]
He was knighted after his 1911 discovery of the nucleus; that's Sir Ernest to you
Rutherford
Francis
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
This group of early Greek gods includes Hyperion & Phoebe
the Titans
Sarah
|
|
$2,000
[17]
The 1912 Classic Six was the first production car to bear the name of this man born in Neuchatel Canton, Switzerland
Louis Chevrolet
|
DD
$4,000
[7]
After World War I, Iraq was controlled by Great Britain as a mandate of this international organization
the League of Nations
Lloyd
|
$2,000
[4]
"Somebody said it could be here, we could be roped up, tied up, dead in a year"
Community
Lloyd
|
$2,000
[13]
If you're specifically reluctant to speak, you might be this word that also begins with "RE" & ends with "NT"
reticent
Lloyd
|
$2,000
[18]
Here's your quark menu! Which flavor would you like--up, down, top, bottom, charm or this?
strange
Lloyd
|
$2,000
[9]
In the Bible, Elijah led the struggle against worship of this Phoenician god that Ahab followed
Baal
Lloyd
|
Until a 1903 secession, this country's contiguous territory spanned 2 continents
Colombia